yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
Great work, great tweaks and reliability and smoothness are great. Thank you guys and all the mods that i need like user agent browser menu thingy and everything else is great...Thanks again...Im keeping this rom now for a while it does what i need...Cheers Pulser:D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Right... For the lovers and haters of the font...

New font haters (who want the "old" fonts back)

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/OldFonts.php

Old font haters (who want the "new" fonts back)

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/SGS2/NewFonts.php

So to make it clear, the one MOST people will want is the first one. As if you like the current fonts you don't need the second file... But if you wanted to go back for some reason...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Following discussion with Ninpo, I recommend everyone reverts to Ninphetamine 2.0.5 for now. There are/were regressions in battery life in the newer Samsung source dump.

The download is available at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15870010&postcount=2 in CWM and ODIN/Heimdall format.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
Pulser speedmod kernel works great to with the rom bud. Lose your bootanimation but for battery life im happy to lose that...Hope thats ok..The latest version of speedmod im using..Just flashed it and enjoying it so far....:D Again if i could i would kiss you for this great work...Only messing about the kissing part :D:p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
speedmod kernel has no bln support :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
I know. But because i dont use bln it does not bother me. Sorry to hear that. Only thought to put what im using and will post pics later to see whats the battery like in more detail
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yeah, any kernel based before KG5 source dump should be good...

Indeed. I am fairly sure that Ninphetamine 2.0.5 will be as good if you want BLN. I think the KG5 source dump is messed up
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] superleeds27:
Thanks for the info! Have reverted back to 2.0.5
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
Stock MMS with BLN support

hi,

any plans to add support for stock mms in the new version? :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
do you mean with bln?

if someone makes a KI4 services.jar mod then sure it can be used.

otherwise use the free app

"Light Flow lite"
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
What if that someone was... say... me? :p

Coming onto VRtweaks thanks to montymintypie who figured it for the SGS1 :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Deviser:
I read this and I started wondering... I think I've never seen a green bar, both with H3 and I1...and I can't remember if I ever seen it before. Always yellow. Also, RILJ always appears on my wakelocks with a high number... This left me wondering what radio should I use.... I'm in Portugal in a big city and I should have good reception.

Sorry If this a little offtopic...Anyway, I just reverted to nimp 2.0.5. I have the best battery with VR, but still I can't never get more than a day.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I'm not sure I've seen green... Perhaps it's a kind of brighter yellow?

I'd need to look...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] exgtigsr:
https://beta.swype.com/android/get/

hi pulser,

thanks for the VR update!

a bit out of topic, but i actually removed the stock swype in VR2.4 and installed the new beta from https://beta.swype.com/android/get/ to get rid of the swype cursor jumping to "end of word" every freaking 1st time you select a word

anyways.. now VR 2.5 is out.. how can i retain the newly installed beta swype (just don't wanna lose the dictionary.. again...), i'm assuming flashing VR 2.5 over 2.4 without a wipe is still gonna remove the new beta swype right?

Can i just use Titanium Backup to restore the new beta swype later?

Or if i use TB to grab the apk can i overwrite the swype apk in your VR zip?

Haven't upgraded to 2.5 coz of this :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Use titanium to restore it if needed.

Presuming that you installed it as usual it is on the data partition, not the system one, so a full wipe is needed to remove it
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Deviser:
To me It's always been like this:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] exgtigsr:
thank u sir!! :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lpsi2000:
2.13 seems to work well for me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] t0ph0id:
I've just come back to VillianROM after a spell on Modaco.

Liking 2.5 so far!

Any chance you could add stock calendar to VRTweaks?

I'd also quite like stock messenger music player if that's possible at all?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mrRobinson:
ok, bear with me. I'm coming over from nexus S and getting the ATT SGS2 soon so started on my reading on the roms/mods in this world.

I've decided to use VillianROM (yay).

Questions (again i've spent past hour reading this samsung forum so please just answer if you can not, go read/search):

1. I see a VRTweaks 1.31, is that the latest for the VR2.50? or are we still waiting for a newer one to hit?

2. I've read a lot about the rooting of this phone but most talking about this Odin app? I'm on Ubuntu. Don't tell me I have to use some windows app to root? Past 2 phones i've rooted (nexus s and droid 3) i've done via adb shell. Is there a root process I'm missing i can just use adb with?

3. seems to be slight problem with kernel in this 2.5 rom so i'll prob go with the speedmod kernel out of the gate, its a .tar file so that's not flashable in cwm, do i push that with adb then?

Thanks for any quick answers.

My other questions i'll have to wait till i get the phone, like what modem will it come with?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jhernand1102:
You better make sure that these ROM's and kernels will work for the AT&T version before you flash them. There may be some differences that will make them not work. I suggest you wait till some of the developer gives us the okay as it may require completely different kernels & ROM's
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mrRobinson:
yea good point. I just realized in something else i read that kernel and recovery are tied together in sgs2. weird. So all kernels here have to include a recovery i guess.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
I am using 2.0.2 as I don't care about bln and battery life seems even better ;).
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kenkiller:
For me, I just delete swype.apk in /system/apps and libswypecore.so in /system/libs in the VR2.5 zip before flashing. :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] t0ph0id:
Found them here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1220698

Working great
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Will pop up stock calendar shortly :) Never looked at messaging or music, guess it's possible though :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
1. That's correct version, just install that.

2. You can use heimdall to root, it works similar to ODIN

3. A tar is flashed via heimdall (linux version exists), and contains a zImage. You can try that one, or Ninphetamine 2.0.5, which is the new recommended one. Your choice :)

It will ship with the modem matching the shipping ROM... Unfortunately we can't predict the version unless you knew which network, and date it was made... It will have a suitable radio for what it ships with. You can easily upgrade to KH3 or KI1 or whatever you want. Radio flashing isn't a big deal on this phone - it will "soft brick" if you were to interrupt it - not like the HTCs that hard brick. Simple re-flash another via heimdall and you're fine :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] t0ph0id:
Thanks, see my post above yours, got them sorted already.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ness23:
You guys are legends, thank you
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jameslfc5:
Anyone know of a quick way to remove bloatware?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
Titanium backup, and freeze it.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
Somewhere in this section should be a thread about this. It contains a script which removes all the rubbish.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] netcitizen:
Gscript
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
Ah found it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1140549
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nikzDHD:
It looks like this lol,
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jameslfc5:
Do you have a script to run please?

Edit: should of read further, cheers :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] madman_cro:
so this is basicly stock rom wit different kernel??
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nikzDHD:
With Pulsers magic added to it.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
a dexodexed stock rom with various fixes applied and more tweaks available via the VR Tweaks app.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mach0boi:
Nope. It is VILLAIN ROM ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] obionenairobi:
Before I get in deep sh*t :

Can I still use my USB jig with this ROM ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kahvitahra:
Yes, you can.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kenkiller:
Finally transplanted Gtalk video from 2.4.2....shame on Samsung for being a ****. :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] obionenairobi:
Incredible !

I post a question and a blink of an eye later there is an answer :-)

Call that a fast response
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kryptoner:
hehe, well said, name says it all!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] DreamWiva:
After having the SGS2 for about a week and reading through the mess in xda about rooting, roms, firmware etc

I decided to go for VillainRom.

The rom is stable, and this seems to be the nicest thread for anyone who has a question which may have been repeated in the last hundred or so pages but had overlooked it.

Great work villainrom community !
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] obionenairobi:
Can I do this using a file manager ?

If so what is a good free (sorry I am Dutch) alternative

Still not had an answer for the noice cancelation ? Not sure what this needs to be disabled or what the advantage is
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] alsafady89:
I know this is probably really annoying lol but could anyone upload their cmw app for me please? that would be awesome thanks ahaha

Edit: NVM found it in the attachments...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] avetny:
first KI4 :D

lets flash it :o
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
Yes you can just copy the apk to that location and reboot the phone but make a backup of the original first in case of issues.

I use Root Explorer unfortunately it's not free (legally) but I got it free as was bundled with an old ROM I had and have kept the apk. Search google for it or I think the same can be done with ES explorer but not 100% as long as it has root access you'll be fine.

Turning off noise cancellation apparently helps solve the echo some people have when using certain cases. I've never had this issue so brings no advantage and maybe introduces disadvantages as background noise will increase. If you've not got a case on or a decent case with a hole cut-out for the 2nd mic at the top you shouldn't have any issues so no need for this tweak.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] dave_uk:
Random problem: No-wipe upgrade from 2.4.2 and now can't send SMS as smsc seems to have defaulted to 00 and can't be changed through *#*#4636#*#* which just returns an "update error", if it does anything at all.

On TMob UK, FWIW

Any thoughts (that don't involve a wipe)?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] obionenairobi:
Any chance there is a mod for vr 2.5 that will only disable the increasing ring tone ?

I am not using a case and am not aware of having call quality issues
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
pulser, thought this would solve the problem but im still getting android OS bug in VR 2.5 - fresh install full wipe

My android OS was at 61% over night and i lost 10% battery life with ninphetamine 2.0.5

Are you able to help please ?

I have disabled fast dormancy and Wifi sharing / Wifi manager in Titanium backup
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Can you disable and freeze all the crap like this, as well as the Samsung email app (not gmail). Disable anything else you don't use.

That usually helps. Also, grab "better battery stats" (free on xda) and see if anything is holding lots of wakelocks.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
What else should i disable in Titanium Backup ?

I remember there being a list but can't find it now :X

Can someone link the list please ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nikzDHD:
Themes and apps section, applications safe to remove sticky.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
Cheers will do that and report after 2-3 full battery cycles.

Hmm that thread isnt up to date?? Should I be following this ? https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html

How's T40 treating you ? I just flashed it over ninpo 2.0.5
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
You can use ADB, or an app called Super Manager from the market. Make sure you enable the root function in that app first before tryin to move stuff to system folders.

Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nikzDHD:
It's going well, I'm on 13h 40m, display 2h 10m, battery 55%. Auto brightness, push email, wifi & 3g all day, minimal apps syncing at intervals.

Been using my phone so not sure how well it'll idle but for me that's good enough for now. As I know I can go a day without having to charge.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
Thanks for the heads up on the app. Although I just scared myself when I saw the number of wakelocks I have. Didn't realize Facebook was such a whore :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
LOL...

Or are you a whore to facebook??? :p

Oh I don't use any of these social networks, battery reasons aside... They are horrendous for wakelocks, and not needed in my view :p But yeah, if you use it, I guess you just have to live with their poor coding, and failure to make it a "push" platform...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
Dont forget the obligatory keep using the gps for location data with no option to turn it off.

yes facebook im looking at you :rolleyes: i see the gps logo on the status bar come and go even tho i dont use your 'tell everyone im not home so rob me' service.

Shame on you shame!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
LOL. Sounds like someone should apktool it and remove the GPS rights and code ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
Mate if i did that for every app that i had an issue with i would get nothing done lol although if if it ain't got a transparent widget it gets the surgical treatment :)

Ive settled on LBE privacy guard for managing privileges its pretty good and doesn't seem to kill much extra juice at all.

Saying that anything that does take the piss gets nuked from space ;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] BadWolfy:
I don't find anything with the search tool so..

What's the advanced power mod in VRTweaks?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
Add reboot, recovery and download mode to the long press power menu
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lpsi2000:
Give the FriendCaster app a try. ppl seems to like much better than the fb app.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
For anyone that's using the APM mod in VR Tweaks or going to use it make sure you install any of the other CRT or notification tweaks first as I lost the APM part 1 after installing the notification bar tweak which meant I couldn't turn the phone off. It just repeatedly soft rebooted then in the end I had to long hold the power button and the phone restarted. I've gone back in and re-installed the part 1 and all seems to be fine now. Slightly annoying that it always resets the wallpaper when installing this mod but a simple fix.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] NoBody20013:
Hey,

nice to see Villainrom 2.5!

Is there a LITE Version available too from someone?

Maybe Gilg@mesh?

would be nice!

THX!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html

Is this a safe list of services to freeze from Titanium Backup for VR2.5?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
Yes, that's a good list to use.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
Just curious what sort of battery life are you guys getting ?

Should I be getting about 1.5 days worth with normal/minimal usage ?

Lost about 10% overnight while i was sleeping
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mahdibassam:
the Rom download link is dead...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jhernand1102:
Works fine for me....
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mahdibassam:
Yea im downloading now, never mind :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ekoandrew:
where did you get the radio baseband? is it CW flashable?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] crachel:
I flashed "gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.zip" which contains only the new Google Talk and appear to have fully functional Video Chat

Available at http://goo-inside.me/gapps
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kingofthebraves:
We really need VRTWEAKS for disabling battery full notification :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] BrandoHD:
It's been in VRTweaks from the beginning
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
I find that Speedmod T40 is not as good as ninpo's 2.0.5 for VR2.5, can anyone confirm?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] BrandoHD:
How long did you test the two kernels for?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kingofthebraves:
I thought everything had to be redone for 2.5.0? It says in vrtweaks that it's for 2.4.2
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jlevy73:
It did have to be redone, but it's done.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] zainzakwan:
My CSC version is "unknown" after flashing VR 2.5 from stock rom ...anyone experiencing the same?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] chiggah:
Yeah i have it but i can still send receive txt messages

Do I need to flash to my country's CSC ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kingofthebraves:
vrtweaks 1.3.1 ? Ok thanks buddy
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] t0ph0id:
Any chance for a tweak to remove the low battery notification noise?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
JKay themes out, weeeeeee :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] eozoon:
Sorry if this is written somewhere and I missed it, but it seems like the CRT animation tweaks is incompatible with the Advanced Power Pod part 1 of 2.

That in itself wouldn't have been a big problem, I can live without the CRT animation, however, a warning / note about that would be great. I didn't notice it uninstalled Advanced Power Mod 1/2 at first and was panicking when my phone keep rebooting itself whenever I hold the power button.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] zainzakwan:
Yeah....i noticed same goes for full charge notification and green icons tweak...

---------- Post added at 06:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 AM ----------

Yeah....i noticed same goes for full charge notification and green icons tweak...
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
If it shows in VRTweaks, it is for this version. The text is just an indicator :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yeah I guess so.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
The green notification ones have the full charge tweak built in :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
i know im being very lazy by asking this but is there a script or how can i do a script were i can remove all the bloatware sammy crap and only keep the digi clock and weather widget? i know i can do it by titanium but if there was a script that i could quickly flash that would be perfect:D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xyzulu:
Yes.. install this Rom.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
i have and rather than going through one by one and deleting the crap just thought someone might have a script flash to do it instead..oh well nevermind:(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
Read back I posted a link to a script.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
Or wait here it is.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
thanks mate
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kayman04:
Same here. CSC Unknown but everything seems to works fine.

Do i have to do something?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] NeoXTC:
was wondering, now that advance power menu is available, is this the jkay mod? So I can get the themesetting apk to change the power menu options?

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Kashban:
Had the same problem and needed to revert to the Villain ROM original stuff. This was with 2.4.2, so thanks for the warning it is still the case with 2.5.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
actually i do have the same question... i just installed jkay mod and it works perfectly. you can edit your power menu the way you want and you have data toggle on notification drop down menu and more..and the one i was looking for the volume skip track tweak
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Kashban:
adb is not working for me on the Galaxy S2 with VillainROM. Keeps disconnecting with a message "remote host closed connection" or similar.

I want to use adb to develop for Android and it's kinda hindering I'm not able to connect my phone via adb. Neither per USB nor Wireless (with adb wireless).

Any hints why that's so?

EDIT: Nevermind, after updating the SDK including the USB driver it's now working.

Regards,

Kash
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] soraxd:
I'm having trouble downloading that link in both dolphin mini and opera mobile.. could it be the link isnt working?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jameslfc5:
Where did you get this latest version of swype from please? It's much improved
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
No, there is no need to do anything
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] sergiu84:
Never mind, found it!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17768349&postcount=2675

OK, n00b question... Has the VR2.5 zip file actually been modified to get rid of the clunky font and a few other tweaks? Or is it still as it was when it was first posted, and those tweaks are somewhere else?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
And another one :)

Go look in the original ROM thread, find posts by Noonski, and you'll find the day he couldn't get it to drain :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Yes you can restore the app fine via titanium :)

The CWM recovery is built into Ninphetamine :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] veyka:
Ill change it to caution! ;)

If you PM me your google account info ill add you to the editors!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] CamoGeko:
True that, but it wasn't a complete failure in the end.

It was just handicapped. :P
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Noonski:
PS, Pulse you don't need to pay royalties now that Noonski® is a registered trademark. It's to damn hot to stay inside tonight and Flash Rom's.

My Google account, euhm it's Noonski (had to offer 14 virgins for that one)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] iOStoAndroid:
is certainly not 5 days for me, maybe 2 days if I don't use the phone at all.

I am getting 30hrs with GPS/bluettoth off. almost no phone calls, half hour of games and few minutes of web browsing and a few emails

It's no criticism, it's just that I thought it is a wee bit misleading.